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Title: World War II Cultural examination.
Overview:This activity will focus on using techniques developed for us in a multi-media, interactive environment. You will be given opportunities to engage with digital history artifacts, as well as collaborate with peers synchronously and asynchronously. You should feel that you are engaging material that might seem comfortable to you, but we ask that you engage it in a new way.
Learning Goals:
Engage Material as a Historian
Contemplate a Historical question from within the NCSCOS
Stand on the shoulders of other researchers to develop historical interpretations of artifacts
Participate In online collaboration
Present your findings digitally, using Xtranormal.com
Discuss your findings with your peers
Topic: World War Two: Pacific Theater, Primary Source Analysis, Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaboration, WEB 2.0 Literacy.
Guiding Question: What evidence is present in these documents that illustrates the social and economic changes that took place during and after World War II?
NCDPI SCOS Objectives:
US History 10.03: Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.
NETS
Pre Class Activity: Pacific Theater Video Analysis and Email Collection (via Google Form)
Collaborative Activity:
For the meat of this activity, you will work with your group to Summarize, Contextualize and make Inferences about each of the documents in your set. When you have completed this, you will be given access to the full set of documents to examine.
Discus Findings
Create an Xtranormal Video. Your video should be created as a documentary might be for the History Channel.
Reflection/Formative Assessment: Google Form found here (insert link) with spread sheet collector published on same page.
Sources:
Sword Slideshow
Scan of Field Manual (with original present)
Images from the War
Letters Home
Technology is everywhere. While you are here, you will begin your journey towards adding meaning to the technology in your lessons. Please ask all over-arching questions on our Google Moderator Page .
You may note that you need to sign in to ask a question. Please make sure you have already created your google account, and have submitted your e-mail to us through our Form page .
Title: World War II Cultural examination.
Overview:This activity will focus on using techniques developed for us in a multi-media, interactive environment. You will be given opportunities to engage with digital history artifacts, as well as collaborate with peers synchronously and asynchronously. You should feel that you are engaging material that might seem comfortable to you, but we ask that you engage it in a new way.
Learning Goals:
Topic: World War Two: Pacific Theater, Primary Source Analysis, Synchronous and Asynchronous Collaboration, WEB 2.0 Literacy.
Guiding Question: What evidence is present in these documents that illustrates the social and economic changes that took place during and after World War II?
NCDPI SCOS Objectives:
US History 10.03: Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.
NETS
Pre Class Activity: Pacific Theater Video Analysis and Email Collection (via Google Form)
Content Delivery:
SCIM-C and Google Drawings
Sources:
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Collaborative Activity:
For the meat of this activity, you will work with your group to Summarize, Contextualize and make Inferences about each of the documents in your set. When you have completed this, you will be given access to the full set of documents to examine.
Discus Findings
Create an Xtranormal Video. Your video should be created as a documentary might be for the History Channel.
Reflection/Formative Assessment: Google Form found here (insert link) with spread sheet collector published on same page.
Sources:
Sword Slideshow
Scan of Field Manual (with original present)
Images from the War
Letters Home